Present Perfect Continuous Tense Quiz 1 (25 MCQs) | Global MCQ Practice 🌍
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🧠 Present Perfect Continuous Tense – Quiz 1
1. A:(you / take) the dog for a walk yet?.
A) Have you been taking _____.
B) Did you take _____.
C) Have you taken _____ .
D) Has you taken _____.
2. Mary _____ to John on the phone last night.
A) Talked.
B) Talks.
C) Is talking.
D) None of above.
3. Prices _____ in 1995 but then _____ in 1996.
A) Rose _____ fell.
B) Rised _____ falled.
C) Have risen _____ have fallen.
D) Rose _____ have fallen.
4. They / debate/ for 3 hours.
A) They has been debating for 3 hours.
B) They are debating for 3 hours.
C) They've been debating for 3 hours.
D) They debated for 3 hours.
5. Why is he so tired? He _____ (play) tennis for five hours.
A) Has been playing.
B) Have been playing.
C) Played.
D) Have been played.
6. Have Benny and Dan been playing piano?.
A) Yes, she is.
B) Yes, they are not.
C) No, she has not.
D) No, they have not.
7. Which one of the following time signal to simple past?.
A) Yesterday, last week and the year before.
B) So far, since, for.
C) Last year, last month, for.
D) At Christmas, so far, yesterday.
8. I _____ a motor bike in my life.
A) Never ridden.
B) Have never ridden.
C) Never rode.
D) Never ride.
9. What have you been _____ recently?.
A) Does.
B) Done.
C) Do.
D) Doing.
10. I _____ ten letters since morning.
A) Wrote.
B) Have written.
C) Write.
D) Have been writing.
11. We have been watching TV _____ we had dinner.
A) Since.
B) For.
C) By.
D) None of above.
12. It has _____ snowing a lot this week.
A) Been .
B) Being.
C) Be.
D) None of above.
13. My father (collect) coins since he was a boy.
A) Has collected.
B) Has been collecting.
14. Mary _____ at the same bank for 3 years.
A) Have worked.
B) Is working.
C) Had worked.
D) Has been working.
15. I _____ for you for ages.
A) Have been waiting.
B) Has been wait.
C) Has been waiting.
D) None of above.
16. We have been looking for a new apartment for three months.
A) False.
B) True.
17. He is my friend. I _____ him for 5 years.
A) Have known.
B) Have been knowing.
C) Has known.
D) Have knowed.
18. Why _____ up so early recently?.
A) Has you been waking.
B) Have you been waking.
C) Have you been wake.
D) Has you been wake.
19. We have been playing football _____ .
A) All day.
B) Two hours ago.
C) Yesterday.
D) Already.
20. We _____ (walk) for a whole day, but we don't arrive yet.
A) Had been walking.
B) Has walking.
C) Have been walking.
D) Has been walking.
21. They have been learning English since they _____ two years old.
A) Were.
B) Have been.
C) Are.
D) None of above.
22. Tabitha _____ (play) the violin _____ age five.
A) Have been playing _____ for.
B) Has been playing _____ since.
C) Has played _____ for.
D) Have been playing _____ since.
23. The firefighters _____ out the fire for the past twenty minutes.
A) Is putting out.
B) Have been put.
C) Have put.
D) Have been putting.
24. He _____ in the London Olympics in 2012.
A) Has been competing.
B) Competes.
C) Has competed.
D) Competed.
25. We have been washing our car _____ hours.
A) Recently.
B) Lately.
C) Since.
D) For.